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IDNR Announces Volunteer Fire Assistance Program Grants
SPRINGFIELD, IL - Governor Pat Quinn today announced that residents and property owners in 61 Illinois communities will benefit from $512,217 in matching grants to rural fire protection districts and fire departments through the federal Volunteer Fire Assistance grant program.
"The federal funding that supports this program provides important assistance to rural and small town fire departments as they upgrade their firefighting equipment and training," Governor Quinn said. "Homeowners, business owners and other residents of these communities are the real beneficiaries of this assistance to their firefighters."
The Volunteer Fire Assistance grant program reimburses 50 percent of the recipient's cost for providing training and acquiring equipment to assist local firefighters. Grant recipients must make the initial financial outlay for the projects before being reimbursed. The grants announced today are supporting more than $1 million in local projects.
The U.S. Forest Service grant program is administered in Illinois by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
"The new equipment or training that these grants are helping to provide will enable local fire departments to do an even better job of protecting their communities," said IDNR Director Marc Miller.
A list of the 61 grant recipients is below.
Volunteer Fire Assistance Program Local Agency Grant Awards
Volunteer Fire Department Name |
County |
Grant Amount |
Allendale Rural Fire Protection District |
Wabash |
$ 15,000.00 |
Alto Pass, Village of (Volunteer Fire Dept) |
Union |
$ 7,184.00 |
Amboy Fire Protection District |
Lee |
$ 7,500.00 |
Apple River Fire Protection District |
Jo Daviess |
$ 9,700.00 |
Athens-Fancy Prairie Fire Protection District |
Menard |
$ 9,850.00 |
Beach Park Fire Department |
Lake |
$ 9,077.00 |
Blackhawk Fire Protection District |
Rock Island |
$ 9,890.00 |
Braceville Volunteer Fire Department |
Grundy |
$ 15,000.00 |
Breese Fire District |
Clinton |
$ 9,785.00 |
Brighton Betsey Ann Fire Protection District |
Macoupin |
$ 5,580.00 |
Buncombe, Village of (Fire Dept) |
Johnson |
$ 1,735.00 |
Coal City Fire Protection District |
Grundy |
$ 3,334.00 |
Crete, Village of (Crete Fire Department) |
Will |
$ 5,364.00 |
Cullom Fire Protection District |
Livingston |
$ 6,250.00 |
DePue, Village of (DePue Fire Co. No. 1) |
Bureau |
$ 1,799.00 |
Elizabeth Community Fire Protection District |
Jo Daviess |
$ 11,152.00 |
Fillmore Community Fire Protection District |
Montgomery |
$ 3,156.00 |
Findlay Fire Protection District |
Shelby |
$ 5,375.00 |
Forman Fire Protection District |
Mason |
$ 15,000.00 |
Freeport Rural Fire Protection District |
Stephenson |
$ 7,500.00 |
French Village Fire Protection District |
St. Clair |
$ 7,500.00 |
Galatia, Village of (Galatia Fire & Rescue) |
Saline |
$ 14,925.00 |
Goreville Fire Department |
Johnson |
$ 2,502.00 |
Hillsboro, City of (Hillsboro Fire Department) |
Montgomery |
$ 14,513.00 |
Hudson Volunteer Fire Protection District |
McLean |
$ 8,024.00 |
Hutsonville Township Fire Protection District |
Crawford |
$ 7,089.00 |
Keyesport Fire Protection District |
Bond |
$ 7,513.00 |
Lake & McHenry Co. Fire Dept. Specialized Response Team |
Lake/McHenry |
$ 1,000.00 |
Lena Fire Department |
Stephenson |
$ 4,642.00 |
Liberty Fire Protection District |
Adams |
$ 6,464.00 |
Limestone Fire Protection District |
Kankakee |
$ 3,250.00 |
Makanda Township Volunteer Fire Department |
Jackson |
$ 4,550.00 |
Marengo Fire Protection District |
McHenry |
$ 7,481.00 |
Massac County Fire Protection District |
Massac |
$ 15,000.00 |
Mayestown Fire Protection District |
Monroe |
$ 2,685.00 |
McNabb Fire Protection District |
Putnam |
$ 9,675.00 |
Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District |
Grundy |
$ 15,000.00 |
Mulberry Grove Fire Protection District |
Bond/Fayette |
$ 5,750.00 |
New Athens Fire Protection District |
St. Clair |
$ 6,025.00 |
New Canton Fire Protection District |
Pike |
$ 5,486.00 |
Oregon Volunteer Fire Department |
Ogle |
$ 11,995.00 |
Pana, City of (Pana Fire Department) |
Christian/Shelby |
$ 7,311.00 |
Pittsfield Volunteer Fire Department |
Cass |
$ 6,775.00 |
Pocahontas Old Ripley Fire Protection District |
Bond |
$ 6,120.00 |
Rochester Fire Protection District |
Sangamon |
$ 15,000.00 |
Rural Pope County Fire Protection District |
Pope |
$ 9,540.00 |
Sante Fe Fire Protection District |
Clinton |
$ 14,923.00 |
Savanna, City of (Savana Volunteer Fire Department) |
Carroll |
$ 6,000.00 |
Serena Community Fire Protection District |
LaSalle |
$ 11,169.00 |
Sesser Fire Protection District |
Franklin |
$ 4,939.00 |
Shawneetown, City of (Shawnee Fire Department) |
Gallatin |
$ 3,439.00 |
Sheridan Community Fire Protection District |
LaSalle |
$ 14,272.00 |
St. Libory Fire Protection District |
St. Clair |
$ 14,538.00 |
St. Rose Fire Protection District |
Clinton |
$ 11,250.00 |
Standard FPD |
Putnam |
$ 6,807.00 |
Timber Hollis FPD |
Peoria |
$ 5,991.00 |
Valier, Village of (Valier Fire Dept) |
Franklin |
$ 7,450.00 |
Valmeyer Fire Protection District |
Monroe |
$ 15,000.00 |
Vienna, City of (Vienna Volunteer Fire Department) |
Johnson |
$ 10,749.00 |
Virginia Volunteer Fire Department |
Cass |
$ 6,182.00 |
Warren Fire Dept |
Jo Daviess |
$ 14,462.00 |
Grand Totals |
$ 512,217.00 |
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